Sacrifice Your Love develops the idea that sacrifice is a mode of enjoyment?that our willingness to sacrifice our desire is actually a way of pursuing it. Fradenburg considers the implications of this idea for various problems important in medieval studies today and beyond. more...

This book deals with the electronic and optical properties of two low-dimensional systems: quantum dots and quantum antidots and is divided into two parts. Part one is a self-contained monograph which describes in detail the theoretical and experimental background for exploration of electronic states of the quantum-confined systems. Starting from the... more...

Microfluidics and Microfabrication discusses the interconnect between microfluidics, microfabrication and the life sciences. Specifically, this includes fundamental aspects of fluid mechanics in micro-scale and nano-scale confinements and microfabrication. Material is also presented discussing micro-textured engineered surfaces, high-performance AFM... more...

This book vividly illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by many of Germany's most celebrated twentieth century architects were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society. German Architecture for a Mass Audience also demonstrates the way in which these modernist ideas have been challenged and transformed,... more...

This book details studies on thermal decomposition of Kaolinite. It also examines views on Kaolinite?Mullite reaction series, characterization of controversial spinel phase in Kaolinite?Mullite reaction series and explanation of DTA events of Kaolinite. more...

Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengali identity ? "Bengaliness" ? is complicated by its long history of evolution, the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by virtue of a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book... more...

The first global history of architecture to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes, Architecture since 1400 is unprecedented in its range, approach, and insight. From Tenochtitlan?s Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown?s suburban tract housing and the Bird?s Nest Stadium in... more...